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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Jackson, MS

January 22, 1999Clarke County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this flash flood warning at Jan 22, 1999, 9:10 PM CST for Clarke County, Mississippi. It was in force for 95 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 22, 1999, 9:10 PM CST (03:10 UTC)
Expired
Jan 22, 1999, 10:45 PM CST
In force
95 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Whole counties

County Clarke County, MS

The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 219 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 1999-01-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 508 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 1999-01-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 456 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
508 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
767 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
456 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
644 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.6
Supercell composite
12.6

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 22, 7:30 PM CST, 1 hour 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
730 PM CST FRI JAN 22 1999

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....

1200 PM    FLORA                     MS   .75 INCH HAIL
01/22/99   MADISON

0300 PM    8 W LEXINGTON             MS   TORNADO
01/22/99   HOLMES

0337 PM    3 SE BRANDON              MS   1.5 INCH HAIL
01/22/99   RANKIN

0345 PM    4 W BYRAM                 MS   1.75 INCH HAIL
01/22/99   HINDS

0346 PM    CLINTON                   MS   1.5 INCH HAIL
01/22/99   HINDS

0350 PM    CLINTON                   MS   1.75 INCH HAIL
01/22/99   HINDS

0400 PM    CLINTON                   MS   WIND DAMAGE
01/22/99   HINDS                          ROOF BLOWN OFF COMMERCIAL
                                          BUILDING

0406 PM    5 SW CANTON               MS   1 INCH HAIL
01/22/99   MADISON

0415 PM    4 NW MADISON              MS   2.75 INCH HAIL
01/22/99   MADISON                        BASEBALL SIZE HAIL
                                          REPORTED AT LAKE CAROLINE
                                          BY MADISON CO EOC

0430 PM    CRYSTAL SPGS              MS   .75 INCH HAIL
01/22/99   COPIAH

0430 PM    4 NNW HAZLEHURST          MS   .88 INCH HAIL
01/22/99   COPIAH

0450 PM    KOSCIUSKO                 MS   .88 INCH HAIL
01/22/99   ATTALA

0515 PM    FLORENCE                  MS   .75 INCH HAIL
01/22/99   RANKIN

0535 PM    JAYESS                    MS   1 INCH HAIL
01/22/99   LAWRENCE

0550 PM    TOPEKA                    MS   TORNADO
01/22/99   LAWRENCE                       UNCONFIRMED REPORT

0550 PM    BRANDON                   MS   1 INCH HAIL
01/22/99   RANKIN

0638 PM    STARKVILLE                MS   .75 INCH HAIL
01/22/99   OKTIBBEHA

0650 PM    PHILADELPHIA              MS   .75 INCH HAIL
01/22/99   NESHOBA

0700 PM    7 NE PHILADELPHIA         MS   1.75 INCH HAIL
01/22/99   NESHOBA

0715 PM    MONTICELLO                MS   FLOODING
01/22/99   LAWRENCE                       WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF
                                          ROADS IN LAWRENCE COUNTY
Local storm report, Jan 22, 7:30 PM CST, 1 hour 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
730 PM CST FRI JAN 22 1999

TIME(CST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....PARISH/COUNTY LOCATION....

1200 PM    FLORA                     MS   .75 INCH HAIL
01/22/99   MADISON

0300 PM    8 W LEXINGTON             MS   TORNADO
01/22/99   HOLMES

0337 PM    3 SE BRANDON              MS   1.5 INCH HAIL
01/22/99   RANKIN

0345 PM    4 W BYRAM                 MS   1.75 INCH HAIL
01/22/99   HINDS

0346 PM    CLINTON                   MS   1.5 INCH HAIL
01/22/99   HINDS

0350 PM    CLINTON                   MS   1.75 INCH HAIL
01/22/99   HINDS

0400 PM    CLINTON                   MS   WIND DAMAGE
01/22/99   HINDS                          ROOF BLOWN OFF COMMERCIAL
                                          BUILDING

0406 PM    5 SW CANTON               MS   1 INCH HAIL
01/22/99   MADISON

0415 PM    4 NW MADISON              MS   2.75 INCH HAIL
01/22/99   MADISON                        BASEBALL SIZE HAIL
                                          REPORTED AT LAKE CAROLINE
                                          BY MADISON CO EOC

0430 PM    CRYSTAL SPGS              MS   .75 INCH HAIL
01/22/99   COPIAH

0430 PM    4 NNW HAZLEHURST          MS   .88 INCH HAIL
01/22/99   COPIAH

0450 PM    KOSCIUSKO                 MS   .88 INCH HAIL
01/22/99   ATTALA

0515 PM    FLORENCE                  MS   .75 INCH HAIL
01/22/99   RANKIN

0535 PM    JAYESS                    MS   1 INCH HAIL
01/22/99   LAWRENCE

0550 PM    TOPEKA                    MS   TORNADO
01/22/99   LAWRENCE                       UNCONFIRMED REPORT

0550 PM    BRANDON                   MS   1 INCH HAIL
01/22/99   RANKIN

0638 PM    STARKVILLE                MS   .75 INCH HAIL
01/22/99   OKTIBBEHA

0650 PM    PHILADELPHIA              MS   .75 INCH HAIL
01/22/99   NESHOBA

0700 PM    7 NE PHILADELPHIA         MS   1.75 INCH HAIL
01/22/99   NESHOBA

0715 PM    MONTICELLO                MS   FLOODING
01/22/99   LAWRENCE                       WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF
                                          ROADS IN LAWRENCE COUNTY

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 22, 6:07 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Scott, Smith48 min
Jan 22, 6:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClay, Oktibbeha47 min
Jan 22, 6:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNeshoba48 min
Jan 22, 6:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke48 min
Jan 22, 6:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLowndes49 min
Jan 22, 6:50 PM CSTTornado WarningJANNeshoba45 min
Jan 22, 6:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper, Newton50 min
Jan 22, 6:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington50 min
Jan 22, 7:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNoxubee, Winston49 min
Jan 22, 7:02 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANLawrence, Lincoln3 hr
Jan 22, 7:02 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis3 hr
Jan 22, 7:28 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANMarion47 min
Jan 22, 7:35 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANRankin, Scott, Simpson, Smith85 min
Jan 22, 8:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANForrest, Lamar49 min
Jan 22, 8:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJones51 min
Jan 22, 8:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke49 min
Jan 22, 8:46 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJANJasper, Newton94 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Mississippi, 1999Every flash flood warning in 1999

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.